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52. It's more than publishing. It's commerce. People are going to stop goingto a lot of stores. And they're going to buy stuff over the Web!

Where: Wired, Feb. 1996.

In February 1996, when I was using a computer to play Number Munchers, Steve Jobs predicted the demise of physical stores, replaced by a digital marketplace. He predicted sellers, whether merchants or casual, would benefit from this web-based marketplace.